Timothy Schneider

When Toni Preckwinkle wages her biggest political battles, the Service Employees International Union has her back, providing money, consultants and campaign workers.

In turn, the Cook County Board president has been good to the union, giving its members raises, adding more jobs, furthering its political agenda and hiking taxes to shore up the retirement fund.

Now as Preckwinkle runs for mayor, SEIU is all in. So far, the union and its affiliates have pumped nearly $2million into the Toni for Chicago campaign fund. That’s about two-thirdsof the money she’s raised so far, and it’s helped establish Preckwinkle as one of the leading contenders...

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